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Congress loses colorful characters as House tempers fade
Washington AP reports Congress becomes blander as mavericks like Jim Traficant Bob Barr Cynthia McKinney and others depart. Voters seek reasonable open discussions while noted figures exit and replaced by more conventional lawmakers. Traficant expelled after bribery racketeering conviction ends era of flamboyant floor orations.
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Washington
Congress
Jim Traficant
Bob Barr
Cynthia McKinney
Merle Black
Emory University
Atlanta
Barr
John Linder
Georgia
Linder
Clinton
GOP
Black
Denise Majette
House
Israel
Bush
Ross K. Baker
Rutgers University
McKinney
Alabama
Earl Hilliard
Baker
Traficant
Ohio
IRS
Dick Armey
Texas
Gary Condit
California
Chandra Levy
Washington Park
Connie Chung
Levy
Condit
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich
Charles Rangel
Harlem
Tom “the
Hammer” DeLay
Billy Tauzin
Louisiana
America
Dana Rohrabacher
J.D. Hayworth
Arizona
Alice Hastings
Florida
Senate